Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "holiday"

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Summer Holiday ***½ (1963, Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Teddy Green, Jeremy Bulloch, Una Stubbs, The Shadows, Ron Moody, Lionel Murton, David Kossoff) – Classic Movie Review 3960

‘It’s the craziest Four-Way love affair that ever shook up the folks back home!’ Director Peter Yates’s 1963 traditional British wish-fulfilment fantasy musical Summer Holiday is a lively and engaging vehicle for the 22-year-old Cliff […]

Jul, 02

Krampus ***½ (2015, Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Emjay Anthony) – Movie Review

The 2015 American Christmas horror comedy film Krampus stars Adam Scott, Toni Collette, Emjay Anthony, David Koechner, Conchata Ferrell, and Krista Stadler, and is based on the demonic entity Krampus character from Austro-Bavarian folklore that […]

Dec, 07

Mr Hulot’s Holiday [Les Vacances de M Hulot] ***** (1953, Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Louis Pérault) – Classic Movie Review 2408

French comedy genius Jacques Tati lets his hilariously clumsy Monsieur Hulot loose in a French beachside hotel for his beloved alter ego’s first film appearance. Joining the post-war holiday-making classes, Monsieur Hulot goes for an August […]

Apr, 19

Holiday Inn **** (1942, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel) – Classic Movie Review 2208

The pairing of Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and a great batch of Irving Berlin songs, including the debut of the Oscar-winning best song ‘White Christmas’, are the filling in the cake of the 1942 […]

Feb, 23

Carry On Camping **** (1969, Sidney James, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Peter Butterworth, Charles Hawtrey, Terry Scott, Dilys Laye) – Classic Movie Review 1913

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1969 laughter-raiser – the 18th in the series – is one of the most famous of the 31 Carry On movies, mainly thanks to Barbara Windsor’s bra but also to the 10 […]

Dec, 03

Death Takes a Holiday **** (1934, Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing) – Classic Movie Review 1784

Fredric March stars as Death who decides to take a holiday in Italy, in the 1934 fantasy film Death Takes a Holiday.  Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy film of Maxwell Anderson’s play about the Angel […]

Oct, 26

Walking on Sunshine ***½ (2014, Hannah Arterton, Annabel Scholey) – Movie Review

We’re in Lecce, Puglia, south-east Italy, a glorious coastal village just by the gorgeous sea. Well that’s a good thing for a start! Hannah Arterton stars as Taylor, who is summoned to this beauty spot by her sister […]

Jun, 26

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